page_title: Washington Park (Newark)
section_title: Statues
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Park (Newark) / Statues
caption_attribution_description: English: photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran aka Carptrash 00:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC). George Washington by J. Massey Rhind in Newark, New Jersey.
context_page_description: Washington Park is a city square in Downtown Newark, New Jersey. It is the northernmost of the three downtown parks, along with Lincoln Park and Military Park, that were laid out in the colonial era. The triangular park is bounded by Broad Street, Washington Street, and Washington Place at the end of Halsey Street. It is home to several public statues and is surrounded by historic civic and commercial buildings.
context_section_description: Several statues and tablets are in the park.
  Indian and the Puritan (1916), is one of four public works by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum in Newark, which also include Seated Lincoln (1911),  Wars of America (1926), and a stele with bas-relief, First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark (1916).
  A J. Massey Rhind work of the park's namesake, George Washington, depicts the general taking leave from his troops at Rockingham.
  A statue of Christopher Columbus, which was made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927. was removed (with pedestal left in place) in June 2020.
  A work by Karl Gerhardt of Seth Boyden, who was one of Newark's leading citizens, captain of industry in the 19th century, an inventor of patent leather and innovation for  train locomotives.
caption: George Washington taking leave of troops at Rocky Hill.
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